Halloween is coming! That is probably second in popularity only to Christmas for many of our kiddoes. Are you already hearing about costumes and the classroom party? I have posted before about my word finding dialogs: I like to use them for all sorts of goals: awareness, generalization, and just for fun. Readers can act out the scenes themselves. Non-readers can listen to others and identify word instances of word finding when they hear “mistakes.”
Adapt as you see fit:
Child 1; Hey, guys, let’s get ready for trick or treat day!
Child 2: Trick or treat day? What’s that?
Child 1: You know, that day when we wear costumes and go trick or treating.
Child 2: Oh, you mean Halloween!
Child 1: Yeah, Halloween. I have a big thingamajig to put candy in.
Child 2: A thingamajig? What do you put your candy in?
Child 1: It’s one of those things on your bed.
Child 2: A sheet? A blanket? A pillow?
Child 1: No, the cover to a pillow…a pillow case.
Child 2: OK, so you’ll put your candy in a pillow case. What are you dressing up as?
Child 1: I have one of those things that wraps around your shoulders…like Batman wears.
Child 2: A cape?
Child 1: Yeah, a cape. A black cape. And I’m going to wear fake hair.
Child 2: You mean a wig?
Child 1: A cape and a wig. And I think I’ll carry a sweeper thing.
Child 2: A sweeper thing? You mean a broom?
Child 1: Yeah, a broom. Don’t you think my costume will be scary? I want to be a
scary old ghost. I mean, a witch. What is your costume like?
Child 2: I’ll have a black cape, too. Only I won’t carry a broom. I’m going to wear a
mask and pretend I have a Batmobile.
Child 1; A Batmobile! You must be dressing up as Spiderman. Oops, I mean Batman!